Health-related quality of life and economic burden of vestibular loss in older adults

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Yuri AgrawalYevgeniy R Semenov

Abstract

Vestibular loss is a debilitating condition, and despite its high prevalence in older adults, the quality of life (QoL) burden of vestibular loss in older individuals has not been well-studied. This report quantifies the impact on overall QoL and identifies domains of health most affected. We hypothesize vestibular loss will be associated with impairment in diverse domains of health-related QoL. Prospective, case-control study. A convenience sample of 27 patients age ≥60 years with vestibular physiologic loss was recruited from an academic neurotology clinic. The patients did not have any identifiable cause of their vestibular loss other than aging. The convenience sample was compared to an age-matched cross-sectional sample of the general US population (n = 1266). The main outcome was QoL measured by the Ontario Health Utilities Index Mark III (HUI3). Compared to the general population, patients with vestibular loss had significantly lower overall unadjusted HUI3 scores (-0.32, p < 0.001). Multivariate regression analysis showed vestibular loss was significantly associated with poorer performance in vision (-0.11 p < 0.0001), speech (-0.15, p < 0.0001), dexterity (-0.13, p < 0.0001), and emotion (-0.07, p = 0.0065). Adjusted a...Continue Reading

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